Man on Wire

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biographical documentary film documentary film

Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film that chronicles Philippe Petit's daring 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center.

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Man on Wire canonical 20
Man on Wire (audiobook) 1
documentary film "Man on Wire" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical documentary film ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Film ⓘ
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best British Film

BAFTA Award for Best Documentary ⓘ
Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary ⓘ
Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary ⓘ
surface form: Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary
awardReceivedYear 2009 ⓘ
basedOn To Reach the Clouds ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Philippe Petit ⓘ
cinematographyBy Igor Martinovic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsEvent Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers ⓘ
director James Marsh ⓘ
distributor Magnolia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Jinx Godfrey ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
documentary ⓘ
hasFormat home video release ⓘ
theatrical film ⓘ
hasPosterTagline 1974. 1350 feet up. The artistic crime of the century. ⓘ
MetacriticScore high critical acclaim ⓘ
musicBy Michael Nyman ⓘ
narrator Philippe Petit ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of illegal high-wire act between Twin Towers ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Simon Chinn ⓘ
releaseYear 2008 ⓘ
RottenTomatoesRating near 100 percent ⓘ
runningTime 94 minutes ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
World Trade Center Twin Towers ⓘ
surface form: World Trade Center
starring Annie Allix ⓘ
Jean-Louis Blondeau ⓘ
Philippe Petit ⓘ
subject Philippe Petit ⓘ
World Trade Center Twin Towers ⓘ
surface form: World Trade Center

high-wire walking ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1974 ⓘ
titleOrigin inspired by police report description "man on wire" ⓘ
worldPremiereEvent Sundance Film Festival ⓘ
worldPremiereYear 2008 ⓘ
writer James Marsh ⓘ
Philippe Petit ⓘ

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Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature → notableWinner → Man on Wire ⓘ
The Walk → partlyInspiredBy → Man on Wire ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Documentary → hasNominee → Man on Wire ⓘ
To Reach the Clouds → hasAdaptation → Man on Wire ⓘ
To Reach the Clouds → alternateTitle → Man on Wire ⓘ
Philippe Petit → awardReceivedFor → Man on Wire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Man on Wire (audiobook)
Philippe Petit → notableWork → Man on Wire ⓘ
Philippe Petit → subjectOf → Man on Wire ⓘ
this entity surface form: documentary film "Man on Wire"
National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary → hasNotableRecipient → Man on Wire ⓘ
James Marsh → notableWork → Man on Wire ⓘ
James Marsh → directed → Man on Wire ⓘ
James Marsh → awardReceivedForWork → Man on Wire ⓘ
James Marsh → knownFor → Man on Wire ⓘ
Simon Chinn → notableWork → Man on Wire ⓘ
Simon Chinn → producerOf → Man on Wire ⓘ
Annie Allix → notableWork → Man on Wire ⓘ
Jinx Godfrey → notableWork → Man on Wire ⓘ
Jinx Godfrey → workedOn → Man on Wire ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film → notableRecipient → Man on Wire ⓘ
Igor Martinovic → knownFor → Man on Wire ⓘ
Igor Martinovic → workedOn → Man on Wire ⓘ
Igor Martinovic → notableWork → Man on Wire ⓘ